Dinner-pail



(No Model.) I

J. H. YARNELL. DINNER PAIL.

No. 403,239. Patented May 14,1889

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JOHN H. YARNELL, OF SOMERSET, OHIO.

DINNER-PAIL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 403,239, dated May 14, 1889.

' Application filed February 26, 1889. Serial No. 301,198. (No model.)

To 60% whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JOHN H. YARNELL, of Somerset, in the county of Perry and State of Ohio, have invented a new and Improved Dinner-Pail, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention consists of a receptacle adapted to contain the liquid and supporting a lunch-can, and a pipe extending from the outside to the bottom of the said receptacle.

The invention also consists of certain parts and details, and combinations of the same, as will be fully described hereinafter, and then pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 is a sectional side elevation of the improvement; and Fig. 2 is a sectional plan view of the same on the line as x of Fig. 1, with parts broken out.

The improved dinner-pail A is provided with a receptacle, B, having lugs 0 near its upper end for supporting the bail D, by which the entire dinner-pail can be conveniently carried about. In the upper end of the receptacle B is held a lunch can or box, F, which is preferably made cone-shaped in its body part, so as to fit into the upper end of the receptacle B and leave a space, G, in the said receptacle for the reception of coffee, milk, or

- other liquid. The lunch-can F may be of any approved construction.

A pipe, H, extends from the inside of the receptacle B to within a short distance of the bottom of the said receptacle, being mounted to turn in suitable bearings, I, secured to the inside of the receptacle B below the bottom of the lunch-can F. "The lower end of the pipe H projects into a strainer, J, held detachably on the inside of the receptacle B, as is plainly shown in Fig. 2. The upper end of the pipe H is provided with an outwardly-extending bent part, K, adapted to be closed by a cap, L, secured to a little chain or rope, N, hung on the bent part K, as is plainly shown in Fig. 1. The upper part of the pipe H passes through a crease or groove, 0, formed in the side of the receptacle B, so that the said pipe H does not hinder theinsertion of the lunchcan F.

The pipe H when not in use is turned in its bearings, so that the bent part K rests on the side of the lunch-can F, and is held in place on the latter by a hook, P, fastened on the said lunch-can F and engaging said bent part K. The pipe H is thus prevented from turning.

The dinner-pail is used as follows: When the lunch-can F is removed, the receptacle B is filled with the desired liquid, and then the lunch-can F is inserted into the upper end of the receptacle B, so as to lock the pipe H in place, as before described. The dinner-pail can now be conveniently carried by its bail D, and when the operator desires to drink some of the liquid contained in the receptacle B he turns the pipe H into the position shown in Fig. 1, whereby the bent part K extends outward. The operator now removes the cap L and sucks on the bent part K, thereby drawing the liquid in the compartment G through the pipe H. Thus the operator is not compelled to remove the lunch can F when desirous of taking a drink of the liquid contained in the receptacle B. It is especially convenient for miners and others, who, on account of the nature of their work, are obliged to take drinks between meals.

The strainer J is made removable, so that the receptacle B and the said strainer J may be conveniently cleaned whenever desired. The strainer J serves to prevent impurities in the liquid from passing into the pipe H.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. An improved dinner-pail composed of a lower receptacle for liquid and an upper receptacle for solid food set into the top of the liquid-receptacle, combined with a tube for conveying liquid from the liquid-receptacle, opening at its upper part out of the top of said liquid-receptacle and communicating with the interior of the latter, as described.

2. The combination, with the liquid-receptacle B and the solid-food receptacle F, set into the top of the liquid-receptacle, of the tube H, opening at its upper end out of the top of the liquid-receptacle and communicating at its lower end with the interior of the liquid -receptacle through the medium of a strainer, as set forth.

JOHN H. YARNELL.

Witnesses:

FRANK WHITMER, CHARLES M. 00X. 

